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Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith Walks On

ICTMN Staff

4/17/13

ICTMN has learned that Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith has passed away. The news was announced by the Our Navajo Code Talkers Facebook page earlier today. Smith, 89, from Gallup, New Mexico, walked on this morning, April 17.

Smith along with his Code Talker comrade Bill Toledo recently visited Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico to speak with the Airmen about their experiences in World War II. Read about that by clicking here. To learn more about the Code Talkers, visit their website by clicking here.

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Albert Smith
We will never hear his voice again
So sad
He is in World Different
Where there is no pain only happiness
It is where one finally reaches equality
He has return to the Creator and Holy People

So very sorry for the loss of this man. The United States owes these gentlemen so much. Things would have been very different without them and the use of their language. Thank you for your service. Rest in peace.

We thank you grandfather of the people for all you did for us. May the Great Spirit greet you with gladness as you meet the ancestors of your people. We are thankful for the gifts you shared in the love of your people, your family & all you taught us while here in this world.

I had the honor of inviting Albert to join other Code Talkers for the New York City Veterans Day Parade this past November. He participated in the presentation to the Code Talkers of the original sculptor's model of the Iwo Jima statue. As I write this, that statue is on its way to the Code Talker Foundation in Lupton. I regret that Albert did not stay with us long enough to see the statue arrive. I will always remember his vibrant spirit and esprit d' corps. When the Marine's Hymn was sung ,he stood ramrod straight and at attention. Semper Fi, Marine.